Daisy flowers, one of the prettiest flowers in the floral world. It is most ideal gifting object to friends and families or to be grown in your garden.

The daisy flower used to be generally found in the north and central Europe and different parts of Asia. But nowadays it is grown anywhere and everywhere. This pretty white flower is the most popular one in the daisy family which consists of a wide variety of flowers of different colours and size. The daisy flower falls under the family called Asteraceae which has around 20,000 types of daisies under it, including even sunflower.

The common Daisy flower has white petal surrounding a deep yellow centre. It is amusing to know that a single daisy flower actually comprises of two flowers. The central yellow disk floret and the white ray like florets are the two flowers which gives the appearance of one. They have evergreen leaves that form a rosette arrangement. The stem of the flowers that usually grow upto 10 cm is leafless and it supports only a single flower.

Daisy flowers have a tendency to spread at an immense rate, and at times not even controlled by mowing. Hence despite their beautiful appearance, they are considered as a weed for this reason. They open up during day time and close at night hence the name, the day’s eye.

Daisy flowers can be easily grown from seeds. It can be seeded directly into the flowerbed. They should be given sufficient water and manure to make the soil rich. Daisies are often not troubled by diseases. Incase this happens, treat them with a fungicide. Daisy flowers are spread by insects which is why the flower attracts numerous insects in the mornings when it blooms.

This pretty little flower symbolises pure love, innocence and purity. Daisy flowers are used by small children to make garlands. It is a popular game started in France, ‘love me, love me not’ where people pluck out the petals of the daisy flower to find out of their object of love reciprocates the love.

The common daisy has astringent properties which were used in traditional medicines. Infact certain types of daisies were known to have medicinal properties that could give relief from cough, indigestion and even heal wounds. The leaves of daisy flower are used in salads and the flower itself used in making herbal tea and honey. They are an important form of nutrition for cattle and worms. It is a rich source of Vitamin C and other minerals, hence never dangerous to human beings.

Here is a list of the most common types of daisy flowers:-
Spanish Daisy
Blue Daisy
Lazy Daisy or Prairie Daisy
African Daisy
Michaelmas Daisy
Swan River Daisy
Tatarian Daisy
Painted Daisy
Paris Daisy
Shasta Daisy
Crown-Daisy
Ox-eye Daisy
Nippon Oxeye Daisy
Giant Daisy
African Daisy
Kingfisher Daisy
Sunshine Daisy
Gerbera Daisy
Transvaal Daisy or Barberton Daisy
Tahoka Daisy
Livingstone Daisy
Gloriosa Daisy
Dahlberg Daisy
Butter Daisy.

Of this Shasta daisy which is the most commonly found white petal with yellow center and African daisy comes in brilliant shades of whites, yellow and orange are the most popular types of daisy flowers.

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